Need source of GOAT dairy products

Hi,

I'm hoping to get off cow dairy for a while (and hoping goat dairy won't make me congested like cow dairy does).

SO....

I'm hoping to find goat dairy products to use.

Products I'm interested in:

Goat Milk - no problem finding.
Goat Cheese - no problem finding.
Goat Yogurt - no problem finding.
Goat Heavy Cream - would LOVE to find
Goat Butter - would be nice, but if I had the cream, I could make it.

It's really the goat heavy cream I'm hoping to find. I know the Whole Foods in Northbrook doesn't have it, but I haven't tried other locations.

Also, are any cultures more into goat - so that I might find it at an ethnic store?

Thanks for your help!

Nancy Sexton

Mt. sterling, a goat farm in WI makes a goat butter. I believe Whole Foods carries it.

I believe that goat butter is also available at the Carpenterville Woodman store.

Actually, I bought some goat butter at Whole Foods today.

But they don't carry Goat Heavy Cream - just regular and low-fat milks. Unless maybe they have it at busier city locations.

Well, might just have to eat a different way for a while, cuz I don't know about trying to use the milk, or say yogurt, in recipes calling for heavy cream - Like a southern spoonbread, or a creamy mustard sauce, or whatever....

Nancy

What if you tried to emulsify some of the softened butter into the milk, to get a fat level equal to cream? Shouldn't 1.5 parts milk to 1 part butter get you pretty close to heavy cream? Should work, especially if you're heating it, but let me know what happens if you try it.

I can also get many goat cheeses and butter at the Evanston Whole Foods - I've never seen the heavy cream, though. I also have to say that I adore Lalo's Goat Milk Ice Cream - its $7/pint - but it is well worth it once in awhile!

I'm gluten free and cow-dairy-free, and most of the time goat products are okay. All winter I ate homeade granola for breakfast with a half cup of goat yogurt, and then after 6mos I got acid reflux - BAD, all of a sudden. I quit the yogurt, and it immediately went away, so I haven't gone back to it, so watch for that kind of reaction over time.

Fresh Farms has a new brand of goat yogurt: Coach Farm. So far they only carry four flavors: strawberry, honey, plain and vanilla. I'm eating the vanilla right now...there are actual flecks of bean in it. It's so rich and thick...it reminds me of the way Breyer's ice cream used to taste, but with less sugar and more goat.

Pie Lady wrote:...with less sugar and more goat.

Banner quote nominee!

Fresh Farms no longer carries goat yogurt. In what shall I dip my figs, pray tell?

JoelF wrote:

Pie Lady wrote:...with less sugar and more goat.

Banner quote nominee!

Jeez, only took two months for someone to act on this

Whoo hoo!

Got goat cheese curds at the Evanston farmers market this past Saturday. Tasty little nuggests to throw on a salad.

Jonah

Mariano's Roscoe Village carries goat yogurt in raspberry, vanilla, blueberry, strawberry, peach, and plain.

Oooo! What brand?

I believe there's a Mariano's opening up over here somewhere. Hopefully they get the awesomeness of goat too.

Pie Lady wrote:Whoo hoo!

Congratulations on making the banner!

Thanks!

Pie Lady wrote:Oooo! What brand?

I believe there's a Mariano's opening up over here somewhere. Hopefully they get the awesomeness of goat too.

Between basic curiosity and this thread, I bought one 6oz tub of Blueberry Skyhill Goat Milk Yogurt from Mariano's for $1.25.

I can't say I loved it: very strong goat/barnyard flavor, like goat cheese. I use goat cheese for more savory than sweet applications, so it just didn't seem right with sweet berries in it. It's a "blended" as opposed to a "fruit on the bottom" variety. Compared to, say, Dannon, it's thinner, tangier, plus that strong goat/barnyard flavor.

I might pick up the plain version if I'm making, say, a tzatziki or raita, as its flavor can hold up to spicy savory stuff, but it's not something I'll want for breakfast.

Pie Lady wrote:Fresh Farms no longer carries goat yogurt. In what shall I dip my figs, pray tell?

Where did you get the figs?

I would see p. 272 of Ottolenghi's Plenty if I were you or other fig & Ottolenghi thoughts here

I bought them at the insanely overpriced Fresh Market in Wilmette. Never, never again. But they did have some damn fine produce/fish/meat.

I did see 272, but I couldn't find them last week when I made the salad, so I used peaches. Really tasty, especially with that dressing.

Pie Lady wrote:I bought them at the insanely overpriced Fresh Market in Wilmette. Never, never again. But they did have some damn fine produce/fish/meat.

I did see 272, but I couldn't find them last week when I made the salad, so I used peaches. Really tasty, especially with that dressing.

Getting peaches this weekend & Costco is supposed to have figs in by tomorrow (they told me to phone again before coming) so that may be a perfect offering for a potluck & picnic this week.